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The governing body is the Bulgarian Basketball Federation. Bulgaria's first appearance at an international tournament came at the EuroBasket in 1935. They have reached the premier European basketball competition 25 times, with their best results coming in 1957 as the runners-up on home soil, and their bronze medal finish in 1961 respectively.
The 1977 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1977, was the twentieth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, ... Italy Bulgaria:
Italy has qualified for 38 EuroBasket tournaments, winning two gold medals (1983, 1999), four silver medals (1937, 1946, 1991, 1997), and four bronze medals (1971, 1975, 1985, 2003) as achievements. While Italy has made ten trips to the World Cup , the closest they have come to winning a medal was in 1970 and 1978 , where they finished fourth.
The 1979 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1979, was the 21st FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Twelve national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation entered the competition. The competition was hosted by Italy.
One of the first basketball games between an NBA and an international team was held in 1978, in Tel Aviv, Israel. Maccabi Tel Aviv of the EuroLeague and Israeli League surprisingly beat the defending NBA champions, the Washington Bullets, by a score of 98–97.
Bulgaria has also won several European sumo championships, and is often among the top competitors in this sport. The Bulgaria national cricket team became an associate member of the ICC in 2017. Bulgaria intended to host the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup with Sofia as the host city between July 4 and 12 2020.
Group A of EuroBasket 2022 consisted of Belgium, Bulgaria, Georgia, Montenegro, Spain, and Turkey. The games were played from 1 to 7 September 2022 at the newly built Tbilisi Arena in Tbilisi , Georgia. [ 1 ]
On 5 September 2010, it was announced that only two countries, Slovenia and Italy had submitted formal bids. [5] On 15 October 2010 , Italy announced its withdrawal from the run. [ 6 ] The Basketball Federation of Slovenia (BFS) thus remained the only candidate organizer.